Review: The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses

Great Book!

(October 8 at 4:43pm)

I've only 100 pages in but I'm already loving this book. It's full of great tools and insight to developing games. I also got the deck of cards with the 100 lenses. Together the two are a great way to think about your own games and how to make them better.

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Andrew Is this book very technical or is it more just big picture concepts, like the key things you should thing about when creating a game? And is this video game or board game? (October 8 at 4:49pm)

spilth It's not technical at all and it can apply to computer games or board games

It starts by defining what makes a game a game and goes on to discuss the different piece of a game (experience, theme, player, story, mechanics, etc.) Throughout the book are these "lenses" which give you a short strategy to think about and measure your game with. (October 8 at 4:52pm)

Andrew Your comments right here intrigue more than your actual review. I'd be real curious to take a look at that book when you're done with your project and move on to another one. :) (October 8 at 5:29pm)

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